योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-65, verse-4
अपारावारविस्तारसंवित्सलिलवल्गनैः ।
चिदेकार्णव एवायं स्वयमात्मा विजृम्भते ॥ ४ ॥
चिदेकार्णव एवायं स्वयमात्मा विजृम्भते ॥ ४ ॥
apārāvāravistārasaṃvitsalilavalganaiḥ ,
cidekārṇava evāyaṃ svayamātmā vijṛmbhate 4
cidekārṇava evāyaṃ svayamātmā vijṛmbhate 4
4.
apārāvāravistārasaṃvitsalilavalganaiḥ
cidekārṇavaḥ eva ayam svayam ātman vijṛmbhate
cidekārṇavaḥ eva ayam svayam ātman vijṛmbhate
4.
ayam svayam ātman cidekārṇavaḥ eva
apārāvāravistārasaṃvitsalilavalganaiḥ vijṛmbhate
apārāvāravistārasaṃvitsalilavalganaiḥ vijṛmbhate
4.
This very self (ātman), which is a single ocean of consciousness (cit), expands and manifests itself spontaneously through the surging waves of the boundless and vast waters of its own consciousness (saṃvit).
Words meanings summery:
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- अपारावारविस्तारसंवित्सलिलवल्गनैः (apārāvāravistārasaṁvitsalilavalganaiḥ) - by the surging waves of the boundless and vast waters of consciousness
- चिदेकार्णवः (cidekārṇavaḥ) - the one ocean of consciousness
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, certainly
- अयम् (ayam) - this, this one
- स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously
- आत्मन् (ātman) - the self, soul, spirit
- विजृम्भते (vijṛmbhate) - expands, manifests, opens wide, yawns (in a creative sense)
Words meanings and morphology
अपारावारविस्तारसंवित्सलिलवल्गनैः (apārāvāravistārasaṁvitsalilavalganaiḥ) - by the surging waves of the boundless and vast waters of consciousness
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of apārāvāravistārasaṃvitsalilavalgana
apārāvāravistārasaṁvitsalilavalgana - surging waves of boundless, vast waters of consciousness
Compound type : tatpurusha (apārāvāra+vistāra+saṃvit+salila+valgana)
- apārāvāra – shoreless, boundless, infinite
adjective
Compound: a (negation) + pāra (shore) + avāra (shore)
Prefix: a - vistāra – expansion, vastness, extensiveness
noun (masculine)
From root stṛ 'to spread' with prefix vi
Prefix: vi
Root: stṛ (class 5) - saṃvit – consciousness, knowledge, intelligence, understanding
noun (feminine)
From root vid 'to know' with prefix sam
Prefix: sam
Root: vid (class 2) - salila – water
noun (neuter) - valgana – leaping, springing, movement, surging, agitation, waves
noun (neuter)
From root valg 'to leap, spring'
Root: valg (class 1)
Note: Indicates the means or instrument of the 'ātman's expansion.
चिदेकार्णवः (cidekārṇavaḥ) - the one ocean of consciousness
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of cidekārṇava
cidekārṇava - the one ocean of consciousness
Compound type : karma-dhāraya (cit+eka+arṇava)
- cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
noun (feminine)
From root cit 'to perceive, know'
Root: cit (class 1) - eka – one, single, sole
numeral - arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
noun (masculine)
Note: An appositive noun phrase for 'ātman'.
एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, certainly
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes the preceding word or concept.
अयम् (ayam) - this, this one
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Note: Refers to 'ātman'.
स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes the self-driven nature of the expansion of ātman.
आत्मन् (ātman) - the self, soul, spirit
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - the self, soul, spirit, essence
Root: an (class 2)
Note: Subject of the verb 'vijṛmbhate'.
विजृम्भते (vijṛmbhate) - expands, manifests, opens wide, yawns (in a creative sense)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vijṛmbh
Prefix: vi
Root: jṛmbh (class 1)
Note: The verb describes the self-expansion of 'ātman'.